Charnwood Borough Council

Charnwood Borough Council commissioned consultants MVA to prepare more detailed Transport Assessments to provide a better understanding of the broad transport implications of the various options for Sustainable Urban Extensions north of Leicester and around Loughborough. The Assessments were prepared in partnership with the Highway Authorities, Highway Agency and key stakeholders and are based on the Central Leicestershire Transport Model and an upgraded Loughborough Traffic Model (creating a full multi-modal model for Loughborough).

First are a set of summary notes highlighting the key findings of MVA's transport assessments for all the potential locations for Sustainable Urban Extensions currently being considered. These are based on MVA's full reports for Loughborough (August 2009) and South Charnwood (April 2009).

Transport Assessments Summaries

• Key to plans included in Summary Notes (PDF Document 35.68 Kb.)
• Transport Assessment Summary Anstey (PDF Document 949.48 Kb.)
• Transport Assessment Summary Birstall (PDF Document 125.38 Kb.)
• Transport Assessment Summary Thurmaston (PDF Document 985.29 Kb.)
• Transport Assessment Summary Anstey/Thurmaston split SUE option (PDF Document 27.26 Kb.)
• Transport Assessment Summary East Loughborough (PDF Document 255.11 Kb.)
• Transport Assessment Summary West Loughborough (PDF Document 998.81 Kb.)
• Transport Assessment Summary South and South West Loughborough (PDF Document 971.53 Kb.)

The full reports are available below:

Loughborough Transport Assessments (August 2009)

A copy of the Loughborough Transport Assessment is available to download from here:

• Loughborough Transport Assessments - Introduction (PDF Document 1.64 Mb.)
• Loughborough Transport Assessments - Methodology (PDF Document 1.64 Mb) (PDF Document 856.4 Kb.)

• Loughborough Transport Assessments - Reference Case Results (PDF Document 1.64 Mb.)

  Loughborough Transport Assessments - Development Option Results - No mitigation (PDF Document 6.61 Mb.)
• Loughborough Transport Assessments - Mitigation Strategy Development (PDF Document 2.91 Mb.)
• Loughborough Transport Assessments - Development Option Assessments - with mitigation (PDF Document 11.04 Mb.)
• Loughborough Transport Assessments - Cost - Benefit of Development Options (PDF Document 880.2 Kb.)
• Loughborough Transport Assessments - Final Assessment (PDF Document 860 Kb.)
• Loughborough Transport Assessments - Conclusions (PDF Document 866.5 Kb.)
• Loughborough Transport Assessments - Appendix (PDF Document 1.03 Mb.)

MVA were asked to undertake further work to assess the long term growth potential of the mitigation packages set out in their main report. Their technical note is available to down load here:

• Loughborough Transport Assesssments - Technical Note (PDF Document 7.96 Mb.)

MVA were asked to undertake further sensitivity testing for an East of Loughborough growth option at Cotes. This supplements the main Loughborough report.

• Further Sensitivity Testing East Loughborough - Technical Note (PDF Document 61.26 Kb.)

MVA have prepared two further technical notes to supplement the main Loughborough Transport Assessments Report:

a) Separate congestion and mitigation tests for the individual South and South West Loughborough SUE options.

• Further Mitigation Tests for South & SW Options - Technical Notes (PDF Document 10.15 Mb.)

b) Assessment of the ability of the various Loughborough SUE and mitigation packages previously tested to accommodate future background growth within the town without the need for potential further measures.

• Base Year Congestion Analysis Technical Note (PDF Document 3.3 Mb.)

Southern Charnwood Transport Assessment (April 2009)

A copy of the Southern Charnwood Transport Assessment is available to download here:

• South Charnwood Transport Assessment, April 2009 (PDF Document 4.25 Mb.)

In addition to the assessments of each sustainable urban extension option, MVA were asked to model the impacts of splitting development between Thurmaston and Glenfield. Their conclusions are available here:

• South Charnwood Transport Assessment - Technical Note (PDF Document 7.28 Mb.)

Charnwood Transport Assessment, September 2008

In 2008 Charnwood Borough Council commissioned consultants MVA to undertake a Charnwood Transport Assessment. This includes an assessment of the broad transport implications of potential growth options that could help meet known needs for housing and employment related development in the period to 2026. The assessment will form a key part of the evidence base for the Local Development Framework.

The assessment is available to download below:

• Charnwood Transport Assessment (PDF Document 10.3 Mb.)

Leicestershire County Council Highways and Transportation Assessments December 2006 & April 2007

In December 2006 Leicestershire County Council published an Assessment of the Highways and Transportation Implications of Sustainable Urban Extensions at Selected Broad Locations in Leicestershire. A Further Assessment was also published in April 2007. These assessments were undertaken to inform the preparation of the East Midlands Regional Plan and are available to download below:

• Leicestershire County Council's Evidence Base Report for the East Midlands Regional Plan Examination

The County Council have also provided a summary of the outcomes of the Loughborough modelling carried out in connection with work for East Midlands Draft Regional Plan. This is available to download below:

• Leicestershire County Council Summary Transport Report (Word Document 380 Kb.)